Global Patent Index - EP 1006467 A3

EP 1006467 A3 20001220 - Method and device for the automatic classification of sites or users of a communication network

Title (en)

Method and device for the automatic classification of sites or users of a communication network

Title (de)

Verfahren und Gerät zur automatischen Klassifikation von Seiten oder Benutzern eines Kommunikationsnetzwerkes

Title (fr)

Procédé et dispositif pour la classification automatique de sites ou d'utilisateurs d'un réseau de communication

Publication

EP 1006467 A3 20001220 (EN)

Application

EP 99402878 A 19991119

Priority

FR 9814836 A 19981125

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP1006467A2] A device for the automatic classification of the sites in a computer network (1) has: means (10) of receiving computer requests sent by users (4) of the computer network (1); means (7) of recording, on each site (S2), associations of said site and sites pointing to said site from the reception of computer requests sent by users (4) of the computer network (1); a global table (100) adapted to store associations of pointing sites and pointed-to sites; means (30) of receiving global tables (Tv) of one or more adjacent sites, the global table (Tv) of an adjacent site storing at least one association containing said site; and means (101) of updating the global table (100) of a site from associations recorded (6) and associations stored in a global table (Tv) of one or more adjacent sites. Use notably for forming groups of sites or users. <IMAGE>

IPC 1-7

G06F 17/30

IPC 8 full level

G06F 17/30 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

G06F 16/906 (2018.12 - US); G06F 16/951 (2018.12 - EP)

Citation (search report)

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Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1006467 A2 20000607; EP 1006467 A3 20001220

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 99402878 A 19991119